Module 2: Search for Meaning

Question 1

Types of Questions

Answer 1

Closed
Open
Indirect or embedded

Question 2

Closed Questions

Answer 2

Easily answered with “yes” or “no”
Enables interviews to confirm facts and obtain specific information
Allow you to gather data quickly and efficiently
Don not invite detailed responses
Tend to begin with “can” “did” “are” “have” “is “will” “will” “would” “do”

Question 3

Open Questions

Answer 3

Cannot be easily answered with “yes” or “no”
Provide freedom for people to answer as they like
Five W’s: Who, what, where, when, why
Good with less verbal clients
Can be intimidating for clients who are unsure of their expected role

Question 4

Indirect Questions

Answer 4

Also known as embedded questions
Statements that act as questions
They are a softer way of seeking information
They tend to be less intimidating

Question 5

Concreteness

Answer 5

The extent to which messages convey clear and specific meaning
When communication is concrete, participants share understanding of words, ideas, phrases, feelings and behaviors
When communication lacks concreteness, understanding is incomplete and subject to errors and distortions

Question 6

Levels of Concreteness

Answer 6

Level 1: minimal, no details, no examples, no specific topic area
Level 2: Meaning is suggested, but vague in content or inadequate
Level 3: Language is precise and there is shared understanding of ideas

Question 7

Promoting Concreteness

Answer 7

Probe- help me understand
Get examples, clarify meaning and assumptions
“Go on, what else”
Primary tool, use clarify meaning if superficial
Watch for hints from client
Take initiative to open the sensitive areas for discussion

Question 8

Risiliency

Answer 8

The path a family follows as it adapts and prosper in the face of stress
Capacity to cultivate strengths to positively meet the challenges of life
Ability to bounce back from adversity
Capacity to rebound from adversity strengthened and more resourceful

Question 9

Story- Positive Assets- Restory - Action (SPRA)

Answer 9

This model follows a narrative therapy approach - emphasizing story telling and new meanings

Question 10

SPRA

Answer 10

Hear the story using listening skills as it helps the client tell the story in their own way
Positive strengths and assets need to be discovered withing the client’s stories
Restorying refers to helping clients generate new ways to talk about themselves based on positive strengths and assets.
Using focusing, confrontation and influencing skills
Action refers to helping bring clients to new ways of thinking and being

Question 11

“Illusion of work”

Answer 11

Vague superficial exchanges and relationships that exist between helper and client